Even hearing that Su Qiao would be executed still wasn't enough to satisfy He Meili. Gritting her teeth, she said, "I want her to kneel before me and beg for mercy. I want to throw her into the cesspit too!"
Liu Suzhen nodded repeatedly. "Good, good, good. I'll find someone to tie that girl up and throw her into the cesspit for a whole day and night. That'll let you vent your anger properly, all right?"
Liu Suzhen hated that wretched girl called Su Qiao just as much.
She didn't care about the villagers' business, but anyone who dared kick her daughter, Liu Suzhen's daughter, into a cesspit was simply courting death!
He led the villagers to search along the river. He had originally planned to capture Su Qiao and lock her up first, then discuss how to deal with her with the villagers, but they couldn't find her anywhere.
With no other choice, he returned to comfort his daughter. He also had someone fetch Old Hu Er and his wife, then questioned them carefully about what had happened, hoping to learn more about Su Qiao's origins.
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The village chief and the others failed to find Su Qiao. However, the village chief's son, He Yongqiang, caught her and the others beside the bamboo grove at the foot of the mountain as they came down.
Seeing the two people walking down from the earthen slope, he spat out the foxtail in his mouth, stood up, patted his backside, and blocked Su Qiao's path as he looked her over with a lecherous grin.
"You're the little girl who made my sister cry? You really are quite pretty."
The moment Su Qiao heard that, she knew he was He Meili's brother, He Yongqiang—the same man she had beaten and chased away not